Best of the 2018 Winter Olympics: Week 2

Ice Hockey - Winter Olympics Day 16

Dominik Kahun #72 of Germany controls the puck against Nikolai Prokhorkin #74 and Sergei Mozyakin #10 of Olympic Athlete from Russia in the second period during the Men's Gold Medal Game on day sixteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 25, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Curling - Winter Olympics Day 16

Anna Hasselborg of Sweden throws a stone during the Women's Gold Medal Game between Sweden and Korea on day sixteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 25, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Alina Zagitova

Alina Zagitova of Olympic Atheltes of Russia performs during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day 16 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 25, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Kaetlyn Osmond

Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada performs during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 25, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

Evgenia Medvedeva

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani

USA's Maia Shibutani and USA's Alex Shibutani perform during the figure skating gala event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung on February 25, 2018.

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada perform in the figure skating exhibition.

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Curling - Winter Olympics Day 15

Gold medalists the United States look on during the national anthem in the victory ceremony following the Curling Men's Gold Medal game on day fifteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Curling Centre on February 24, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Ice Hockey - Winter Olympics Day 15

Bronze medal winners Canada celebrate after defeating Czech Republic 6-4 during the Men's Bronze Medal Game on day fifteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 24, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Kyle Mack

Kyle Mack of the United States falls on the landing during the Men's Big Air Final Run 3 on day 15 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on February 24, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.

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Ester Ledecka

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic celebrates winning gold in the Ladies' Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom Big Final on day fifteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 24, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.

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Alpine Skiing

Gold medalists Switzerland with (L-R) Ramon Zenhaeusern, Daniel Yule, Luca Aerni, Wendy Holdener and Denise Feierabend celebrate during the victory ceremony for the Alpine Team Event Big Final on day 15 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Yongpyong Alpine Centre on February 24, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.

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Alina Zagitova

Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Alina Zagitova

Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Bradie Tennell

Bradie Tennell of the United States competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Karen Chen

Karen Chen of the U.S. falls.

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Mirai Nagasu

Mirai Nagasu of the United States competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Kaetlyn Osmond

Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Program on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Medvedeva of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 14

Evgenia Medvedeva of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Free Skating on day fourteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 23, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Evgenia Medvedeva

Russia's silver medallist Evgenia Medvedeva poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the figure skating women's singles at the Pyeongchang Medals Plaza during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on February 23, 2018.

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Team Hungary celebrates

Team Hungary celebrates winning the gold medal during the Men's 5,000m Relay Final A on day 13 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 22, 2018, in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Suzanne Schulting

Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands celebrates after her race during the Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 1,000m Semifinal 2 on day 13 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 22, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Wu Dajing

Wu Dajing of China celebrates winning gold in the Men's 500m Short Track Speed Skating Final on day 13 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 22, 2018, in Gangneung, South Korea.

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Women's Ice Hockey

Team USA celebrates after defeating Canada in a shootout to win the gold medal in women's ice hockey on day thirteen of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 22, 2018.

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Gold medal goal

Amanda Kessel #28 of the United States scores against Shannon Szabados #1 of Canada in the overtime penalty-shot shootout to win the gold for Team USA on day thirteen of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey Centre on February 22, 2018.

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Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn of the United States competes during the Ladies' Downhill on day 12 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 21, 2018. She won the bronze, becoming the oldest female Winter Olympic medalist ever at age 33.

"I love racing in the Olympics," Vonn said after the event. "I'm absolutely going to miss it. I wish I could keep skiing. I wish that my body didn't hurt as bad as it does."

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Sofia Goggia

Gold medalist Sofia Goggia of Italy celebrates during the victory ceremony for the Ladies' Downhill on day 12 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Jeongseon Alpine Centre on February 21, 2018.

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Women's bobsled

Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George of Canada slide during the Women's Bobsleigh heats at the Olympic Sliding Centre on day eleven of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Sliding Centre on February 20, 2018.

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Alina Zagitova

Russia's Alina Zagitova competes in the women's single skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 21, 2018. She set a record with the highest score ever awarded for a short program.

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Mirai Nagasu tries a triple axel

Mirai Nagasu of the United States competes during the Ladies Single Skating Short Program on day twelve of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 21, 2018.

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Bradie Tennell

Bradie Tennell of the United States competes during the Ladies Single Skating Short Program on day twelve of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 21, 2018.

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Kaori Sakamoto

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan competes during the Ladies Single Skating Short Program on day twelve of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 21, 2018.

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Evgenia Medvedev

Evgenia Medvedeva of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes during the Ladies Single Skating Short Program on day twelve of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 21, 2018.

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Figure Skating

Brother-and-sister skating pair Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States celebrate after competing in the Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance on day eleven of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 20, 2018. They won the bronze medal.

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Men's Ski Jump

Norway's Andreas Stjernen, Daniel Andre Tande, Robert Johansson and Johann Andre Forfang celebrate following their gold medal win in the men's large hill team ski jumping final round event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 19, 2018.

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Figure Skating

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Canada's Scott Moir compete in the Ice Dancing Free Dance competition during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 20, 2018. They won the gold.

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U-S-A! U-S-A!

A fan of Team USA smiles before the match at Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

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Hockey

Ronja Savolainen of Finland (right) reacts before crashing into Meghan Duggan of the U.S. during their match at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018. Savolainen needed to be helped off the ice in the first period of the women's hockey semifinal, but she returned to the game in the second.

The Americans won 5-0.

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Jumping for joy

Martin Fourcade of France jumps for joy on February 19, 2018 after winning the gold medal in the Men's Biathlon mass start competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.. Simon Schempp of Germany won the silver and Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway got the bronze.

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Gold medal moment

France's biathlon double gold medallist Martin Fourcade kisses his medal backstage after the medal ceremonies during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 19, 2018.

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Hockey

Team USA's Dani Cameranesi (left) scored two goals and an assist, and the United States advanced to the gold medal game for a third straight Olympics after beating Finland 5-0 in the semifinal Monday, at Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung, South Korea.

Finland remains winless now in eight games against the Americans in the Olympics and will now play for the bronze medal on Wednesday.

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O Canada!

A fan reacts during Canada's match against Olympic Athletes from Russia at Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

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Hockey

Natalie Spooner, of Canada, and Yekaterina Smolina, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, in action as goalie Valeria Tarakanova looks on, at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

Jennifer Wakefield scored twice and Shannon Szabados stopped 14 shots Monday night to lead Canada to a 5-0 victory over the Russians. The four-time defending Olympic champions earned a spot in the gold medal game against the U.S.

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Lindsey Vonn

American Lindsey Vonn posted the third-fastest time on the second day of Olympic downhill training, despite easing up and standing tall with arms spread at the finish.

The 2010 Vancouver Games gold medalist, who missed the 2014 Olympics after knee surgery, finished the 2.8-kilometer course at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in 1:40.10 Monday - nearly a second faster than the time she turned in Sunday to lead the opening training run.

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Figure Skating

During her performance at the Pyeongchang Olympics, to Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You," French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis' costume came unhooked at the neckline, exposing her breast.

She called it her "worst nightmare happening at the Olympics," but said she was proud of her performance with Guillaume Cizeron despite the wardrobe malfunction.

The performance was being shown live on international television, and people immediately began posting screen grabs on social media. An NBC spokesman said the network has edited the video for later television broadcasts and for online replays.

The pair ended up with the silver medal.

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Figure Skating

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lead the ice dance competition at the Pyeongchang Olympics after a record-breaking short program on Monday set to the rock music of the Rolling Stones, the Eagles and Santana.

The Canadian duo scored 83.67 points to lead Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron by more than a point heading into Tuesday's free dance.

Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the U.S. are third, two-hundredths of a point ahead of their compatriots, Alex and Maia Shibutani. Fellow Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates are seventh.

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Speed Skating

Havard Lorentzen of Norway skated an Olympic record to beat Cha Min-Kyu of South Korea by 0.01 seconds, taking gold in the Men's 500m Speedskating, at Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

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Snowboarding

Snowboarder Jamie Anderson of the U.S. competes in the qualification round for the Women's Big Air, and Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

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Bobsled

Alexander Kopacz and Justin Kripps of Canada celebrate after completing their two-man bobsledding run, at the Olympic Sliding Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

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Bobsled

With the Canadian and German two-man bobsledding teams finishing at 3 minutes, 16.86 seconds, both nations shared the gold position at the medal podium. Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany, and Alexander Kopacz and Justin Kripps of Canada celebrate their victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 19, 2018.

It was the second time that two 2-men bobsledding teams shared a gold medal; Canada and Italy shared gold in 1998. (In 1998 Italy got the gold over West Germany in 1968, even though both sleds had the same time, because scorekeepers then used a fastest-heat tiebreaker, which gave the Italians the nod.)

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Ski Jumping

Robert Johansson of Norway trains for the Large Hill Ski Jumping event. Johansson nailed a jump of 136 meters in the final round to give Norway the gold medal, Feb. 19, 2018. It was his third medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics.

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Speed Skating

Nao Kodaira of Japan and Karolina Erbanova of the Czech Republic compete in the Women's 500m Speed Skating finals, at Gangneung Oval, Gangneung, South Korea, February 18, 2018.

Kodaira won the gold medal in 36.94 seconds, an Olympic record.

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Freestyle Skiing

In this multiple-exposure image, freestyle skier Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine is seeing training for Men's Aerials at Phoenix Snow Park, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 18, 2018. Abramenko edged Jia Zongyang in the finals, posting a score of 128.51 in his last jump to give his country just its third gold medal ever at the Winter Games.

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Men's 15km Biathlon

Martin Fourcade of France (left) beat Germany's Simon Schempp in a dramatic photo finish in the 15-kilometer Biathlon Sunday, February 18, 2018, winning his second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Both skiers slid through the finish line at the same time, but replays showed Fourcade won by the narrowest of margins.

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Men's Ski Slopestyle

Norway's Oystein Braaten captured the gold medal in ski slopestyle, edging out American Nick Goepper, who added a silver medal to the bronze he won four years ago in Sochi.

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Men's Giant Slalom

American Ryan Cochran-Siegle competes in the Men's Giant Slalom, and the Yongpyong Alpine Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 18, 2018.

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Men's Giant Slalom

Luca de Aliprandini of Italy lost balance and fell approaching the next-to-last gate of the men's giant slalom at Yongpyong Alpine Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 18, 2018.

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Men's Giant Slalom

Manuel Feller of Austria as close to the finish line when he fell in the Olympic Men's Giant Slalom, at Alpine Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 18, 2018.

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Men's Giant Slalom

Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who won the gold medal in the Alpine combined last Tuesday, picked up his second gold at the Pyeongchang Games in the Men's Giant Slalom, beating Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway by the wide margin of 1.27 seconds.

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Hockey

Patrick Hager of Germany scores on goalkeeper Lars Haugen of Norway during a penalty shoot-out, at Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 18, 2018. Hager scored both of Germany's goals for its 2-1 victory.

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Norwegian Fans

Norwegian fans cheer as their country's team continued its dominance in cross-country skiing, winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x10km Relay at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 18, 2018. Athletes from Russia won the silver; France took the bronze.

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Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics

On February 17, 2018, at the start of the second week of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games, Vladimir Putin photobombs some hockey fans taking a selfie before the Men's Preliminary Round Match between the Olympic Athletes from Russia and the United States, at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, February 17, 2018.

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Hockey

Ilya Kovalchuk (lower left) scored two goals thirty-three seconds apart as the Russian athletes outplayed the United States in a 4-0 shutout Saturday, February 17, 2018.

Nikolai Prokhorkin, a 2012 draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings, also scored two goals for the Russians.

With the loss, the U.S. must play in the qualification round Tuesday.

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Yuzuru Hanyu

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won gold, becoming the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button (1948 and 1952).

The Japanese figure skater's finish was the 1,000th gold medal awarded since the Winter Games began in 1924.

Women's Ski Slopestyle Finals

Winter Games Samurai

A fan from Japan appears before the Men's Large Hill Individual Final, at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 17, 2018.

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Kamil Stoch

Defending champion Kamil Stoch of Poland (pictured during Friday's individual trials) won ski jumping's Large Hill Final on Saturday, with leaps of 135 and 136.5 meters for 285.7 points.

Andreas Wellinger of Germany took the silver. Robert Johansson of Norway won the bronze.

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Men's 1,000-meter Short Track

Samuel Girard of Canada (center) won Olympic gold in the 1,000-meter short-track speedskating, at the Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea, February 17, 2018.

Liu Shaolin Sandor of Hungary (far left) crashed in the turn with a lap to go, taking out Lim Hyo-jun of South Korea (second from left). John-Henry Krueger of the U.S. (far right) earned silver, and Seo Yira of South Korea (second from right) took bronze.

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Women's 1,500-meter Short Track

Elise Christie of Britain and Li Jinyu of China crash as Choi Min-jeong of South Korea goes on to win the women's 1,500 meters semi-final race, at Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea, February 17, 2018.

Choi Min-jeong went on to take the gold medal, South Korea's second Olympic gold in short-track speedskating.

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Women's 1,500-meter Short Track

Triple world champion Elise Christie of Britain, who was a favorite for the gold, cries as she is stretchered off the ice after crashing in the Women's 1500m Semifinals, at Gangneung Ice Arena, Gangneung, South Korea, February 17, 2018.

There was no immediate word of her condition, but her boyfriend told the BBC that Christie hoped to compete in the 1,000-meter, which begins Tuesday.

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Ester Ledecka

Ester Ledecka, a 22-year-old snowboarder from the Czech Republic, had participated in only 19 World Cup skiing races in her entire career (Mikaela Shiffrin, in contrast, has been in 23 this season alone), and never finished higher than seventh. So no one - not even Ledecka - expected her to complete the Olympic super-G at 0.01 seconds better than Austria's Anna Veith, the defending Olympic champion, to take the gold.

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Ester Ledecka

The low-ranked Ester Ledecka, of the Czech Republic, a part-time skier, stands stunned after besting the time of leader Anna Veith of Austria to win the Olympic Super-G by a hundredth-of-a-second. Later, she said the thought that went through her mind was: "Is this a kind of mistake?"

"The fact that she's able to beat all of us and be a snowboarder is pretty darn impressive," said Lindsey Vonn of the U.S., who tied for sixth. "At the Olympics, a lot of weird stuff happens."

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Women's Skeleton

Britain's Lizzy Yarnold won her second consecutive gold medal in Women's Skeleton, finishing four runs in 3 minutes, 27.28 seconds at the Olympic Sliding Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 17, 2018. Yarnold beat Germany's Jacqueline Loelling by a half-second.